Dr. Parker discusses her new book, Ella Baker’s Catalytic Leadership: A Primer on Community Engagement and Communication for Social Justice. January 2021
Links to two-part interview with Philip Hollingsworth in which Patricia Parker discusses her role as department chair, her academic research, and her experience in founding the Ella Baker Women’s Center (SoundCloud recordings, 2015)
Andrea Ferguson, September 11, 2012
Patricia Parker believes what happens in the classroom shouldn’t stay in the classroom.Parker, associate professor of communication studies at Carolina, believes students can translate classroom learning into community engagement. For the past three years, the Cobey First-Year Seminar Fund has helped her vision become reality.